in kashmir there are, you know, thousands of people who have been killed, thousands who have disappeared. but yet india is known as a great democracy, and there is a part of india which is a great democracy, it's just that it doesn't apply to all the people. it just applies to some people, you know? so i think social movements are going to be under tremendous pressure. i think we're going to see the army called out against the poorest people and what india's very good at doing in the government is that it'll take young men from kashmir and deploy them in -- [inaudible] it'll take people and deploy them in assam, it'll take people and deploy them in ghana. in this way like a good colonial power, it pits people against each other. >> do you want to take an india question or a writing question? not that they are mutually exclusive. >> food question. >> food question. there are no food questions here. [laughter] not yet. >> often the discourse and writing, both fictional and nonfictional, within the muslim-american community are highly apologetic and stay within the safety net of acceptabili